Hi Denis
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:47:49 +0100, Denis Rouzaud wrote:
Hi all,
I observed a few changes I see as drawbacks.
1. When you draw a line, when you right-click to finish the feature,
the current point is used. I think it is more consistent to place
points with left-clicks and finish with a right, without adding
anymore point.
I think that this behaviour is not new but was always like this. This
is also a general digitizing issue and has nothing to do with the
Postgis provider, as far as I know. Personally, I am not sure what is
easier/best to finish digitizing a line.
I had a look at other graphic software:
* Inkscape: finish line with double click or right click, but right
click does not add a new point. This seems to be in line with what you
propose above.
* Autocad: finish a polyline with enter key
* Openoffice: finish a line with a double click - right-click undoes
last vertex.
* Scribus: finish line with right click, but right click does not add a
new point. In line with Denis' proposal.
In general I think that QGIS current solution with finishing a line
with right-click (while adding a new vertex) is not so bad, once you are
used to it. It means fewer mouse-clicks, which is nice. It might be a
little unfamiliar for new QGIS users, but I think people can get used to
it quickly - am I wrong?
One issue we have with right-click and with double click is that it is
hard to replicate on a touchpad. Marco Bernasocchi, the current QGIS on
Android maintainer has to find a workaround because there are no
right-clicks on a touchpad.
Any idea about a better way to finish digitizing a line?
2. Also, when I finish a feature, I have to commit changes and to
refresh the canvas before I can see it on the map. If I am right, it
did not used to be like this.
That's strange - I cannot observe this behavior. It works fine on my
machine.
3. There is no add/remove node for a linestring. I am going to write
this as a plugin. I this planned to be done? Did I look too quickly
and this feature does exist?
yes - this functionality is missing - and I think it should go into the
core (not just as a plugin). The functionality to extend a line is a
core functionality that everyone needs at some point.
Andreas
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